Insect and rodent exterminator



Sept. 1, 1936. j SCOTT 2,052,945

INSECT AND RODENT EXTERMINATOR Original Filed Sept. 13, 1932 Patented Sept. ll, W388 PATENT OFFICE INSECT AND RODENT EXTERMINATOR Jesse Scott, Tres Piedras, N. Mex., assignor of one-half to John Robinson, Rocky Ford,

Colo.

Refiled for abandoned application September 13, 1932, Serial No. 633,009.

Divided and this application March 19, 1936, Serial No. 69,707

2 Claims.

This invention relates to devices for killing insects, rodents or other vermin, and relates particularly to a device for electrocuting the same.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a new and novel insect and rodent killer consisting of a frame structure having a series of spaced wires which are-adapted to be electrically charged, so that any insect or small animal, such as a mouse or a rat, will be instantly killed upon alighting upon and connecting two or more of the wires with its body.

Another object of the invention is to provide an insect killing device which is adapted to be placed in any position upon a fiat supporting surface or mounted upon a wall adjacent a door opening and which is provided with means for catching the insects or rodents so that the same, as they are killed, will not fall upon the floor.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient featmes of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the device embodying the present invention showing the same mounted upon a vertical supporting surface.

Fig. 2 is a view of one end of the structure, the insect or rodent catching portion of the device being taken in section upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view in end elevation of the upper portion of the frame, showing a portion of the lighting structure therefor in section.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral l indicates the main frame portion of the present device, upon which are wound the current carrying wires 2. This frame I comprises a pair of horizontal bars which are indicated by the numerals 3 and d and the vertical side bars 5 which connect the horizontal bars.

These s'ide bars 5 are each covered by a suitable insulation material 6, such,'for example, as asbestos or the like, and the wires 2 are wound, as

At one side of the wire carrying frame I there is positioned the horizontal tray frame 9 which has a wire fabric center I0 as shown in Fig. 2. This frame has one side edge in abutting relation with the bottom bar 4 of the current wire frame and is connected therewith by dowels II in the manner'shown. The outer edge or side of the tray frame 9 is supported by the hooked bars [2 the outer ends of which are formed to provide the hook bills l3 which engage through eyes It carried by the frame 9, while the inner ends are connected in a suitable manner with the side bars 5, as for example, by the use of the eyes l5.

As will be readily appreciated, this frame structure 4 may be set up upon a table or upon the floor in any suitable position or it may be mounted at the side of a window or door opening. In order to facilitate its being mounted at an opening, there is provided a bracket l6 having the lateral arms H which are secured at their ends to the ends of the top and bottom rails of-the main frame, straddling the current carrying wires 2 in the manner illustrated.

The present device may also be used for killing such insects as moths or other night bugs which are attracted by a light and for this purpose there is mounted upon the top bar 3 a light reflector [8 within which are mounted incandescent bulbs H! which may be supplied with current from any suitable source. This light structure is mounted upon the same side of the frame as the tray 9 so that the insects attracted to the light and alighting upon the wires therebeneath will fall, after being killed, onto the tray.

Where it is desirable that the current supplied to the wires 2 be changed or altered, there may be employed a transformer, as indicated at 20. Use of such a transformer may be made, where the voltage of the electric current supplied to the house in which the device is used is insufficient to kill all insects or rodents, to step up the voltage to the required value.

It will, of course, be readily understood that the spaced wires 2 form a break in the circuit in which the device is connected and that this break is closed to complete the circuit by and through the body of an insect or an animal alighting upon and connecting the two wires.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that with a device of this character, flies and other insects, as well as rodents, may be readily gotten rid of, particularly those insects which are :attracted to light, when the device is used with the light structure mounted upon the top thereof.

It will also be appreciated that while the device has been shown with a tray attached for the purpose of catching any insects or rodents which may be killed through contact with the wires, the tray may be removed so as to facilitate the use of the device in places where the tray would be undesirable.

I claim:

1. In combination with an insect and rodent destroyer, comprising a rectangular frame having horizontal top and bottom bars and vertical connecting end bars and electrically charged spaced wires connecting said end bars, means for catching insects and rodents killed by the device, comprising a rectangular tray-like structure having me edge abutting the bottom horizontal bar of the frame, and detachable connecting means between the frame and the tray for supporting the latter in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the frame.

2. In combination with an insect and rodent destroyer, comprising a, rectangular frame having horizontal top and bottom bars and vertical connecting end bars and electrically charged spaced wires connecting said end bars, means for catchframe to detachably hold the latter in a plane 20 substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first frame.

JESSE SCOTT. 

